Hồng Lĩnh

Vietnamese

Etymology

Superfically Sino-Vietnamese word from 鴻 (“proper noun”) and 嶺 (“mountain”).

The name of the mountain range is a tên chữ and a mix between a translation and a phonetic matching of the tên Nôm rú Hống (“Hống mountain”) and ngàn Hống.

The town name is taken from the name of mountain range.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩ lïŋ˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [həwŋ͡m˦˩ lɨn˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [həwŋ͡m˨˩ lɨn˨˩˦]

Proper noun

Hồng Lĩnh

1. a mountain range in Hà Tĩnh
2. Hồng Lĩnh (a town in Hà Tĩnh, Vietnam)